This popular book is the ideal companion text for all new and trainee nurse mentors‎,‎ providing unique strategies and ideas to help devise and enhance learning opportunities for their students‎.‎ With a practical and accessible style‎,‎ the book answers the many questions that mentors may have about the mentoring role‎,‎ including‎:‎ How can I create a good learning environment‎?‎ What should I include in my mentor‎'‎s portfolio‎?‎ How can I best support failing students‎?‎The book includes plentiful case studies‎,‎ tools and interventions that you can use in clinical practice‎,‎ and is full of real insights from students and mentors‎.‎ Fully updated in this second edition the book includes new and additional coverage on e‎-portfolios‎,‎ undertaking student evaluations‎,‎ conducting the final interview‎,‎ using evidence as a mentor‎,‎ the best way to teach skills in practice and how to demonstrate leadership skills as a mentor‎.‎ "This book is essential reading for newly qualified nurses intending to develop their professional skills by becoming mentors‎.‎ Well written in accessible language the book progresses logically and comprehensively‎.‎ It begins by setting the context of mentorship within contemporary legislative and professional frameworks‎.‎ The chapters then develop to include the various contexts of learning‎,‎ essential core theories of learning‎,‎ and insider tips on teaching in the clinical environment‎.‎Of course‎,‎ the mentor also has to assess students as competent for practice and Danny goes on to address this with good application to the professional context‎.‎ He illustrates strategies to obtain both a successful and a fair assessment‎;‎ and identifies an important part of assessment that often is overlooked‎.‎ That is how the formative aspects of assessment complement the students‎'‎ learning experience thus closing the learning loop‎.‎The final section of this book focusses on continuing good practice once qualified as a mentor and examines strategies to develop and update skills within a continually evolving professional framework‎.‎ This book therefore provides a comprehensive resource for both novice and experienced mentors‎.‎" Dr David Howard‎,‎Associate Professor‎,‎School of Health and Social Care‎,‎The University of Lincoln‎,‎ UK